227 SECURITY ANTICIPATIONS OF UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS STUDENTS WITHIN THE SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES IN NIGERIA Akudo, O. Kennedy, Ojo, E. Kadejo & Olusesan, E. Gbenga Department of Mathematics and Statistics Education, College of Science Education, Lagos State Univesity of Education, Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos state akudooo@lasued.edu.ng, kenedyakudo@gmail.com Presented at the 59 th Annual National Conference of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN), Held in University of Benin, Edo State, Aug 27 –Sept 1, 2023, 227-234. Abstract Having witnessed scores of unprecedented insecurity and how school children have become disillusioned in Nigeria since 2013, this study investigated the security anticipations of undergraduate mathematics students across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. With the aid of the two-way and composite approach model for insecurity management as well as a 9-item questionnaire, the study adopted inferential survey design which conveniently selected 191 undergraduate mathematics students (83 males &108 females) which include 35-North-East, 39-North-West, 24-North Central, 32-South-East, 35-South-West and 26-South-South. Data were analysed using bar-chart and ANOVA. The study found significant difference in security expectations of undergraduate mathematics students based on zones {F(5, 185)=72.62; p=0.00} in favour of all zones except SE; and significant difference in male and female students’ security expectation of President Tinubu’ Administration {F(1, 189)=12.48; p=0.00} in favour of the females. It recommended that government should critical audit funds allocated to ministry of defence; monitor, checkmate and stamp out insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria through kinetic and non-kinetic solutions which include holistic installation of AI amenities that facilitate strategic mounting of CCTVs at key locations. Keywords: Insecurity Anticipations, Mathematics Students, Geopolitical Zones Introduction Nigeria has experienced unprecedented form of insecurity within the six geopolitical zones. To ameliorate criminal incidence, the federal government has installed Closed Circuit Television cameras (CCTV) in some parts of the country and went ahead to on criminalize terrorism through the Anti-Terrorism Act in 2011. However, Nigerians believe that failure to declare the perpetrators of insecurity as terrorist on the part of President Muhammed-Buhari has liquidated all the formidable efforts and has lifted the level of insecurity in the country. School Childeren are not unaware that Nigeria is characterized by unmitigated disaster, where citizens pay to secure themselves monthly, students are denied right to safety, thousands are frequently internally displaced and business dealers cannot travel without escorts on major roads (Okupe, 2021). It is as if the Child Rights Act 2003 has not been domesticated across the six geopolitical zones, simply because its advocates are pessimistic about implementation (Online-Tribune, 2022) . In addition, everyone is pessimistic about rule of law and the next minute action, despite concerted effort by security agents. In Delta state, the Military destroyed another illegal refinery, Police gun down suspected kidnappers and EFCC arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters. Furthermore, the report iterated that the Police got 88 suspected criminal arrested in Lagos; invaded the hideout of suspects and arrested two suspected armed robbers in Anambra; arrested 45 suspects for looting warehouses in search of palliatives in Adamawa; while 18year old girl was killed after being gang-raped in Taraba, Oyo Police nabbed 17 suspected criminals (Punch News, July 31, 2023).